Population Biology

H.A. ten Hove, annelid expert from the Zoological Museum of the University of Amsterdam, has cited Hydroides elegans as probably the most widespread harbor-fouling serpulid worm of the worldwide tropics and subtropics (BioNet Annelid Archives).Bagaveeva and Zvyagintsev (1999) report that H. elegans biomass may reach several kg/m² by late summer in the northwestern Sea of Japan where it is also believed to be an introduced species.